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Birmingham Labour MP Jack Dromey used a gathering of 75,000 Muslims in Small Heath Park as an opportunity to call for unity in the fight against racism.

Mr Dromey was speaking just three days after taking part in a live TV debate for Sunday Politics on BBC One in which he said campaigners who backed leaving the EU had caused an increase in racist violence.

The MP for Erdington told UKIP MEP Bill Etheridge in the programme: “I don’t know how you sleep at night."

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Addressing the Eid Mubark gathering in Small Heath Park minutes before prayers were led by Dr Ahsan Hanif, Mr Dromey said: “Nobody, because of the colour of their skin or accents of their voice, should be abused in the streets.

Eid is a day of joy, of empathy of care for the poor and it’s also a day of solidarity.

“I want to celebrate the remarkable traditions of Birmingham, the most diverse city in the country.